popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  go (game)  mahjong  food, cooking 

• white
• innocence, innocent person
• blank space
• white stone
• white dragon tile
• skewered grilled pig intestine

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking  astronomy 

• cattle (Bos taurus), cow, bull, ox, calf
• beef
• Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  slang  abbreviation  derogatory  noun (suffix)  food, cooking  counter 

• ball, sphere, globe, orb
• bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet
• ball (in sports)
• pile (of noodles, etc.)
• bullet
• bulb (i.e. a light bulb)
• lens (of glasses, etc.)
• bead (of an abacus)
• ball (i.e. a testicle)
• gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl
• female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
• person (when commenting on their nature), character
• item, funds or person used as part of a plot
• egg
• okonomiyaki
• coin
• precious, beautiful, excellent

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking  colloquial  noun (prefix) 

• salt, common salt, table salt, sodium chloride
• hardship, toil, trouble
• saltiness
• cold, unwelcoming, indifferent

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking 

• ending, conclusion
• join, union, connecting
• knot, knotting
• onigiri, rice ball

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  food, cooking  noun (suffix) 

• pan, pot, saucepan
• stew, hot pot

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  prefix 

• legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea
• soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy
• female genitalia (esp. the clitoris)
• kidney
• small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale
• child

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• mochi, small rice cake made from glutinous rice

popular  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• dashi, Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
• pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man

popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb 

• seasoning, flavour, flavor